The Pristina Basic Court has placed five former members of the Serbian police force into 30-day custody, it announced on Monday. The men are suspected of involvement in the January 15, 1999 massacre in Recak/Racak, which was the catalyst for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia two months later. The five suspects were arrested and remanded on Sunday.
Prosecutor Ilir Morina said in a press conference on Sunday after the arrests that the suspects were part of the special units of the Serbian police at that time who participated in the January 15, 1999 action in Recak.
In December 2025, the special prosecution of Kosovo also filed an indictment against 21 other individuals for war crimes against the civilian population in Recak/Racak during the operation by Serbian police forces on January 15, 1999.
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